How to Make Effective Prayers

By Liu Lan, China Hello, brothers and sisters! Today I’d like to share a topic with you—how should we make effective prayers? Everyone who comes before God knows to pray to Him, but some brothers and sisters are usually unable to feel the presence of God or...

Bible Verses–Matthew 24:6–8

And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and ear...

Bible Verses–Proverbs 1:2-3

Proverbs 1:2-3 2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

How Should We Treat Things Against Our Will?

by Li Yang Yesterday, I saw a story on the Internet. A young man went home on horseback happily after earning a great deal of money outside. When he got halfway, it rained heavily. He was drenched to the skin, and then complained that the weather was not co...

What Is the Meaning of the Parable of the New Cloth and Old Garment?

One day, after a meeting, a sister asked me, “Brother, the Lord Jesus said, ‘No man puts a piece of a new garment on an old; if otherwise, then both the new makes a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agrees not with the old’ (Luke 5:36). Do you ...

It Is God Who Frees Me From the Worry About Marital Relationship

By Jiaoxin I was raised in 1980s when China was implementing the reform and opening-up policy. Against this backdrop, many people began to worship money and no longer respected marriage. Among my relatives, classmates and friends, some began keeping mistres...

Bible Verse–Psalms 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.